Handle for drawers and the like



June 4, 1940. H. L. PEHRSON HANDLE FOR DRAWERS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb.17, 1940 INVENTOR 1922223112 @0774 BY a! fi... ATTORNEY.

Patented June 4, 1940 HANDLE FOR DRAWERS AND THE LIKE Hem'y L. 'Pehrson,Rockford, IlL, assignor to Turner Brass Works, Sycamore, Ill., acorporation of Illinois Application February 17, 1940, Serial No.319,509

6 Claims.

The invention relates to a handle for drawers and the like, it being thegeneral object of the invention to provide a new and improved handle ofthis kind.

Another object is to provide a new and improved metal handle withportions arranged to receive attaching screws and means for reenforcingsuch portions.

Another object is to provide a new and improved drawer handle formed ofrelatively thin sheet metal and provided with reenforced anchoring lugsfor attaching screws.

Further objects will become readily apparent from the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a preferred form of the handle showninstalled on the front of a drawer.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational View of the handle of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear view.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section approximately along the line4--4 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Although I have illustrated in the drawing and shall hereinafterdescribe in detail a preferred form of the invention, it is to beunderstood that I do not intend to limit the invention to the particularform shown, it being contemplated that various changes may be made bythose skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

As illustrated in the drawing, the invention comprises essentially alongitudinally curved or U-shaped member 5 formed from a relatively thinsheet metal blank. In addition to being curved from end to end the sheetmetal is formed transversely to provide a handle of triangularcross-section, with an apex extending away from the drawer front l2 towhich the handle is attached, as will be apparentv from the drawing.This member is narrower at its central portion 6 and has the edges ofthe sheet metal blank turned under as at 1 to provide a smooth pullingportion. A member [1 of plastic or other suitable material is secured tothe mid-portion of the handle as by means of a screw IE to provide agripping portion.

When formed in the manner indicated, the handle has pointed ends 8 and 9with angularly disposed edges I0 and II located .in a common plane, asshown in Fig. 1, and intended to fit against the drawer front l2. Lugsl3 are struck inwardly from the edges I0 and provided withscrew-threaded apertures l4 for receiving attaching screws l5. In orderto reenforce the attaching lugs and provide a more rigid handlestructure, opposed lugs l6 are struck inwardly from the edges l I andunderlie the adjacent portions of the lugs l3. Thus, when the attachingscrews iii are tightened to the condition shown in Fig. 4, thereenforcing lugs iii are positioned under the adjacent edges of theattaching lugs l3 and are thus clamped against the drawer 10 front l2.

The invention as disclosed herein provides a rigid handle structure andpermits forming handles out of thin sheet metal. It has been found inpractice that handles made in accordance with the disclosure herein andof sheet metal .025 inch thick, result in a rigid structure heretoforeunattainable even with much thicker material. It is believed readilyapparent that in the form shown and particularly as seen in Fig. 4 thelug l6 underlies and reenforces the free end of the lug l3. Without thisreenforcing means an upward force on the handle as viewed in Fig. 4would tend to cause the handle to fulcrum around the upper ends of theedges I0 and pull the lower edges of the handle away from the drawerfront. By providing the end portions of handles with interlocking lugsas herein shown, it is possible to form a handle in a single piececonstruction and from thinner sheet metal than has heretofore beenpossible.

I claim as my invention:

1. A handle of the character described formed from sheet metal into asomewhat tubular member of triangularsection and curved to provide endportions adapted to be secured against a drawer front, a lug bentinwardly from one side of each end and each provided with a threadedopening for receiving an attaching screw and a second lug struckinwardly from another side of each end into a position tounderlie thefree end of the first lug.

2. A handle for drawers or the like formed from sheet metal into amember having end portions adapted to be secured against a drawer front,a lug bent inwardly from one side of each end portion and provided witha threaded opening for an attaching screw, and a second lug bentinwardly from another side of each end into a position to underlie thefree end of the first lug.

3. A handled the character described formed from thin sheet metal into asomewhat U-shaped tubular member having end portions provided' withopposed edges adapted to be secured against a drawer front, a lug bentinwardly from one edge of each end and adapted to receive an attachingmeans, and a second lug struck inwardly from another edge of each endinto a position to underlie the free end of the first lug and reenforcethe handle.

4. A handle for drawers and the like formed from sheet metal into aV-shaped section and curved so that the end portions thereof may besecured against a drawer front with the middle portion projecting fromthe drawer front, lugs bent inwardly from one edge of each end andadapted to receive an attaching means, and means interconnecting thefree ends of said lugs with opposite edges of the ends efiective whenthe handle is attached to a drawer front to secure said opposite edgesfirmly to the drawer front.

5. A handle for drawers and the like formed from sheet 'metal and havingand portions adapted to be secured against a drawer front, a lug bentinwardly from a side of each end portion and provided with an openingfor an attach a ing screw, and a second lug bent inwardly from the edgeof each end portion into a position to

